The prisoners' world
Subtitle: portraits of convicts caught in the incarceration binge
By: William Tregea and Marjorie Larmour.
Contributors: Larmour, Marjorie, 1920-
Series: Issues in crime & justice
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739129159; 9780739129166; 9780739132555
Subjects: Prisoners -- California -- Social conditions.; Prisoners -- California -- Biography.; Prisoners -- Michigan -- Social conditions.; Prisoners -- Michigan -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical periods of prisoners' worlds; title: Premises of the incarceration binge culture; title: Binge growth theory; title: Families and home; title: Pathways to prison; title: Getting into "the system"; title: Cells; title: Daily work routine; title: Correctional officers; title: Prisoner free time; title: The homosexual prisoner; title: Drugs and contraband in prison; title: Michigan Reformatory (MR) : young blacks caught (1987-1994) in Detroit's incarceration binge drug sweeps; title: Detroit's inner city : critique by youth (under 25) black prisoners at Michigan Reformatory (MR); title: Inner city experiences : black prisoners over 25 at Jackson State Prison, 1990-2000; title: Cocaine and addictive deadly crack in Detroit's inner city; title: Guns in the inner city; title: Prisoners' views on system and reentry; title: The end of the incarceration binge?